Tidal Phenomena (lecture Notes In Earth Sciences)

This book presents many types of tidal phenomena. The contributions evolved from a seminar in Oberwolfach, Black Forest, where German experts on tidal research met in October 1994 to present their views and experience to interested graduate students and scientists in an informal way. The seminar focused on earth tides, tides of the atmosphere and the oceans, including solar-induced variations of the magnetic field and climate, and tidal phenomena in the planetary system and universe. This book has an introductory character, but some contributions describe the state of the art in tidal research. Introduction....Pages 3-6 Tide-generating potential for the earth....Pages 9-26 Tidal response of the solid Earth....Pages 27-57 Analysis of earth tide observations....Pages 59-75 Earth tide observations and interpretation....Pages 77-94 The nearly-diurnal free wobble-resonance....Pages 95-109 Ocean tides....Pages 113-143 Earth tides and ocean tidal loading....Pages 145-171 Ocean tides and earth rotation....Pages 173-181 Chandler wobble and pole tide in relation to interannual atmosphere-ocean dynamics....Pages 183-218 Atmospheric tides....Pages 221-246 Long-period variations of solar irradiance....Pages 247-260 Geomagnetic tides and related phenomena....Pages 261-274 Tides in water saturated rock....Pages 277-291 Tidal triggering of earthquakes and volcanic events....Pages 293-309 Tidal tilt modification along an active fault....Pages 311-339 Satellite orbit perturbations induced by tidal forces....Pages 343-344 Tides of io....Pages 345-377 Tidal effects in binary star systems....Pages 379-380 Tidal interactions between galaxies....Pages 381-386 Helmut Wilhelm, Walter Zürn, Hans-georg Wenzel, Eds. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.